UConn Wins, Again To Be No. 1 After Baylor Loss

The UConn women labor continuously in private preparing for problems or contingencies that randomly pop up during seasons.

The idea is to limit surprises, leave nothing to chance; the old practice makes perfect mentality maximized.

So you can understand that the last thing the Huskies wanted this year is for the Big East regular-season championship to be decided by a coin flip. There is nothing even this staff can do to help defend that potentially fateful flight.

So Saturday's already juicy game against Notre Dame at Gampel Pavilion had extra pulp than usual. It's only February and the season has a week to go, but this was as close to a championship game the Big East is going to see until the official one March 8 at the XL Center.

And once again UConn prevailed. After falling behind 7-0 in the opening two minutes, the Huskies hugged the track to a resounding 78-57 win over the Irish before a Gampel Pavilion sellout.